The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 10, 1969
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
6:32 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 578
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.6° / 164.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.21° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.90° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.